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ever buys her apples, but q great many
VINO knew her oddities give her nickeis
ana dunes, OF which, it is said, she takes
such good care, Notwithstanding the bee
IN her bonnet, that she has quite a little
store iaidby for a rainy day. There was
2 romantic story told about her some
years ago, to the effect that, being III
love with a sailor boy who went to sea
and never came back, she lost her mind
sn consequence, but it is not accepted il
the .Barrssks, y where the general opin-
ion Is That Crazy Kate was born that way.
one IS an odd creature certainly, but
quite harmless, the Barracks people
say.-Neu York Letter.
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Diamonds That Dance.

Many people have been puzzled to
understand why the diamonds worn in
earrings BY ladies nowadays maintain
such . ceaseless ~quivering motion. 1t
SRakes no difference that the head of the
wesser is in perfect reFase, and that she
p sgen SPECIFICS, and, therefore, exert
iAE 40 muscle of face or feature. The
esess twinkle of the diamond goes on,
balancing greatly the flashing beauty OF
she gem. The secret is in the setting of
THE diamond, and the method is d patent
device. The stone is set in the usual
I%nauners except that the Land, like the
handle BIZ b diminutive basket, Is attached
70 the framework. On the under side of
thls band is a cur. like cavity. On the
lower part BIT the hoop is a projecting pin
pointed with rhodium, a metal which
neper wears out-somewhat like the
Iridium with which gold pens are tipped.
AeN when the diamonds are put in
position on The hooprthe rhodium point
projects into the cup. The result is
Nsiaf scientists would call d condition OF
unstable equilibrium. Like the pea
es0Nz with d pipe by d ~schoolboy, the
slsEsond Is given no rest, with the
gi4erence that no effort is required to
ksep # dancing. The metal point never
wears ont.-JeseeIry Nens.
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Parisian Rread-Porters,

ii Is stated that bread is distributed in
Paris almost exclusively by women.
These come to the various bakehouses at
i g0 *. Nj, and spend about an hour in
brushing the long loaves with special
brushes. When her load is cleaned OF
nit and dust the porteuse de pain goes
III rounds to her customers. Customers
Who live in flats have their loaves propped
Id against the door of their apartment.
Shopkecpers, restaurateurs and other
customers who have the entrance to their
premises on the street find their quanta
The staff of life leaning against their
front door when they take down their
shutters. The wages of these bread
carriers vary from so to so cents per
diem their work being generally over at
10 or IL o'clock in the morning.
RiEing Worid.
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Ac.p'ta1 skylight-the moon.

The city OF Little Rock, Ark, offers every in
ducement to Il e manufacturer, merchant, me-
chan AMI homeseeker. Population about
g. 100, taxes low; goo public schools, churches
and society. Climate temperate all the year
round. 1t is ar enterprising city, has railr ads
from five dill t ons, about q Go zen contem-
plated Ines, street railroads, gas, electric
ligh.. paid fire der artment, two daily papers,
board of trade, etc. 1t is the capital of the
State, the geographical c,n re, and the chief
city in every respect. Land IS hea', both lots
ard subj ban pr p rty being on the market.
Information in regard to Little Rock or Ar
kansas, will be furnished on application to the
Real Estate EXCHANGE, Hon. I homas Essex,or
The Gazette, Little Rock, Ark.
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He left Suddenly.

The 3 Of 4 Northumberland lady left
his Flobert gun lying on the floor. The
mother. with swinging broom, found y
lust as q knock came at the door. ln
the excitement Of the moment she placed
fhe broom III the corner and carried the
gun to the door. She now blesses her
bonnie blue-eyed boy. It was a book
peddler that knocked, and when he saw
the Gun lie stood not on the order Of go
inc. but went like creased lightning
Siamoiin PENN. .DispGtea.
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Early Risers.

IN reading the lives of well-known
HErAtary women, 7 says a writer in the
Il am surprised to find them such
rieEs Harriet Martineau took her
pf coffee (which she made herseff)
ind 4 four mile walk before s O'Clock.
When she returned she ate her breakfast
ana sat down to work. At o'clock she
ained, and then the days work was done.
Eie read, but never wrote, in the even
ng Marie Edgeworth, too, was up
With the lark, and a housenaid two
miles from where she lived used to waken
hler mistress in the morning with It's 8
O'clock, maam; Miss Edgeworth is go
ing By. 0uida is an earlier bird than
tisfer Of these two good ladies was. She
eoes from her bed to her desk and
writes for three or four hours before she
touches a mouthful of food. The mid
higHt oil gives no more inspiring light
fhan IS shed by the early morning sum-
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pastures as it is the moving land; the
farmer should not only cut the bushes and
keep them down, but he should occasion.
ally apply 400 pounds of ground bone
and $50 pounds of muriate of potash to
the acre; if this edone, only once in ten
yeas it viii very much improve the feed
and will also improve the condition of
the cattle, as the fertilizer adds to the
grass, elements that are very important to
the health of farm stock.
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Moving and Pasture Lands.

The Houghmaa has the following sug-
gestiens in regard to the care of moving
and pasture lands: Many farmers neg
lect to clear their moving fields of stones,
sticks, and other sobstructions to the
moving. machine, until the grass gets SO
high that it difficult, if not impossible,
to see them, and so the knives of the
mower are injured If not broken; this is
very poor policy, for on most of moving
fields if the work be done before the grass
starts much, the labor of removing all
distractions to the harvesting machines
is comparatively light. Land that has
been covered with a good dressing of
barn manure during the winter, will re-
ouire more labor to put it in good con-
dition than If no dressing had been APP
piled, but It will not pay to neglect such
fields, for whatever Jumps of manur
there may be that have resisted the ac-
tio1 Of the frost should be beat up fine,
so as to settle down to the roots of the
grass, Or they will not only be of no BEN
eft to the grass but they will injure the
moving machine, and prevent cutting
well what grass does grow. When cattle
are pastured next to a moving field, care
should be taken to have the fence in a
condition good anough to discourage the
cattle from making any effort to break
through It.
BEFORE cattle are turned out to pasture
the fences should all be put in good or
der. and the grass should be grown suf-
fcient to furnish the cattle all they care
to eat bY feeding half the time. There
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Lady Banioists.

ysa st. Louis banjoist: 1.-THE ladies'
is city take very nicely to the banjo.
have been giving lessons in st. Louis
since the 1st of January, and have the
aaHaes of dozens of bellies and Of not a
few ihatrons in fashionable circles on
ms hooks. You would be surprised to
SOC THU List. Most Of them are pretty well
advsnccd, and I am thinking Of giving a
eofeert. Three months is plenty of time
III The study Of the banjo if the pupil
@ill p~sactiee an hour or two every day.
BF the end of the third month they get
So that they can handle the instrument
eltyerly and pick almost any air out OF
the strings. There is a very friendly II
yaifg among some of the ladies who de
slFe W be known as superior banjoists,
ana astonish their friends with their
skiIl IN PLAYING. But I wish you could
haef the wife Of . leading lawyer, who is
also leading state man, playing a Mex
scas serenadc' on her banio.n
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"AII Men Are LIARS"
Said David of Old. He wa probably prompted
to make t.: aboyo remark after trying sone
unrel ale ratarrh remeuy. Had he been per-
mitted to | We until the present dav, aad tried
DR.. Sase's t. e redy, he might ave had q bet
ter 0 tn.o, of mankind. We C aim that NJ
case of cataFri can W Tristan the magic C :
fects o. b s wonderful medicine. One trial of
it will convince so1 If t; eiiic. CO.. BY doug
gists; fifty cents.
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Ta.,ors go for men and measures both.

= + x y Del cate diseases of either ser,
however induced, ,snfedily and permanently
cured. Book 10 cents in stamps. Worlds ID S
pShlary Medical As,ociation, 663 Main st, Get,
Eufa1O. n. Y
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Not a day passes over the earth but men and
women OF no mole do great deeds, speak great
words, and suffer noble sorrows. ca these
obscure heroes, philosophers, and martyrs,
the greater part will never BIZ known till that
hour when many that were great shall be
small and the small great.
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Mr.. John Gutmon. Sherman. KY, writes: 81
have used st Jacobs Oil for ten years. 1t al
ways cured the ~toethache in about ten min
utss.n Sold by Druggists and Dealers.
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Everything which thwarts justice, weakens
trust, creates suspicion, and affiicts the inno-
cent, bears heavily upon every meInbe of the
SUlaInnniIy. ,a as nnlIFs y na9ss s. II 20 d Inc
grace is not limited to the offender-it falls
upon all within its sphere.
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For Ricketts,, Mnrasmus, and Wasting Dis.
orders of Children,
SCoTT's EMULSION of Col Liver Oil with
Hypt p~losphites. is unequalel. Tie rapidity
wi which children gain flesh and strength
upon it il very wonderful. Read the follow
ing: 81 have used Scott's Emulsion in cases OF
Ricketts, and Marasmus of long Standing, and
have been more than pleased with tho results,
as inevery case the improvement was marked"
j. NJ. MAIN. NJ. D, New York.
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A Baltimore Police Officer, so years on the
force, Mr.. Henry II. Durkee, says: Il suffered
with poison oak for more than = year. / tried
st. jacobs Oil; after second application ali the
sores dried up and I was cured. l hin it in
yaluabIe.'
The Opelousas courier., 1887-07-23
Il Prize in the Lottery

OF life which IS usually unapprec ated until it
is o>r, perhaps never to 1elurn, is healto.
What a price ess boom it is, anil no" We ought
to cner. sl it, that | fe may not BE- a W I'll e $
b AJAX 10 US. Many of the d sease3 that flesh
is he + 10, and which make life III lcnsone,
such as consu PIT n IS rof la Of the Jung -,
an othe= scrotulous and bod dis ass. are
compl:t,1: curel by DR.. 4. V. P.tree's Geld
en- Medi al Discovery after n | other RENE
dies have iaile1. DR.. 1isrca's treatise CT con-
sumption mailed for 10 cents n Stamps; Ad-
dress Worlds Dispensary Medical Asso ia.ion,
6l3 Main Street, buffalo, y. Y.
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W0MAN'S WORLD.
PLEASANT LITERATURE FOR
FEMININE READERS.
Woman,s Work.

A%#MHa%@aM# wv 81 OAhAe TE&&#rf
sssfen work from morning till set Of sun
.sBut woman's work is never DONE" Quite
true.
For when one task she's finished, something's
found
awaiting O beginning, all year round.
Whether it be
To draw the tea
Or bake the bread,
Or make the bed,
Or ply the broom,
Or dust the room,
Or floor to scrub,
Or knives to rub,
Or table to set,
Or meals to get,
Or shelves to scan,
Or fruit to can,
Or seeds to sow,
Or linens to bleach,
Or lessons teach,
Or butter churn,
Or jackets turn,
Or polish glass,
Or plates of brass,
Or clothes to mend,
Or children tend,
Or notes indite,
On stoi les writes
PIT I must stop, for really If I should
Name all the oars, take me a dayi would.
a. many are there that [ do declare
More beats than i could count might have a
pair,
And vet enough BE- left; and, mea-foIk, these
Same oars propel your barks DER household
Iato sunny havens where you rest at ease.
And, one word more, don't you forget it,
-Tox Populi.
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'RoYALGLUE' mends everything Broken
China, CLASS, Wood. Free Viats at Drugs & Gro
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WHATS That
eYour wife's!"-BostoD Re ord.

OLD Mrs. Bentley-John, I hain't
seen nothin' OF SiIas Wilson lately.
What's become of him? Old Mr.. Bent
ley dunno. The last time I heerd
Of him he was running round after an
ism. Old Mrs. Bentley-Wha one o.
them women with short hair?-Judge.
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To Grow Strawberries.

The main points involved in the sue
cessful culture of this fruit, as recog-
nized by our best cultivators, are as fol-
lows:
l.. Prepare the ground by deep plow-
ing and subsoiling; apply a dressing of
rotted manure equal to twenty cords per
acre; spread it over the ground and mix
with the surface soil by repeated and
thorough disintegration with a harrow.
The best crops are produced On strong,
loamy soils; if somewhat clayey, it will
be all the better provided it is drained.
2. Give the plants plenty of space. The
rows should not be less than thirty inches
apart, and the plantsoabout half that dis
lance between each otaer in the rows.
8. Remove all runners as they appear,
and keep the surface well pulverized and
clean during summer after the crop has
been gathered in old pfantations-the
same cleanly treatment applying to newS
" set out plants. If young plants are
wanted, keepa portion of the plantation
for that purpose.
4. Cover the plants in winter, otter the
freezing weather sets in, with straw,
leaves, or other similar material, as a
partial protection from injury by frost.
5. Do not disturb the roots by any pro-
cess Of cultivation from the month of
September until after the crop has been
gathered.
6. Make a new plantation every year,
and destroy the old plants after they
have produced a second crop.
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"AU Men Are Linrs."

Or the edge of d:s-pair-about to become
n iyayo,l
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The One lie Forgot.

aJohn, I would like to invite my
friend. Mrs. Smalley, this evening;
will you be able to be in?"
"No, my dear; / must attend a meet
ing of the knights of Honor tonight"
Well, tomorrow EVENING""
81 have the Ancient Order of United
Workmen, and you know
"What about Wednesday eyening?"
ooh! the Odd Fellows meet that
night; and on Thursday I have a meet
ing of the Chosen Friends to attend:
on Friday, the Royal Templars; on
Saturday there's q special meeting of
the Masonic Lodge, and / couldn't
miss that; and then Sunday-let me
see-what is there on Sunday night,
my dear? 2"
aThe Grand and Ancient Order of
Christian Fellowship"
why, l have forgotten; am I a
member of that-let me see"
@But you have forgotten another So
ciety. John, of which you were once a
member
whats that?"
sYour wife's!"-Boston Re ord.
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One can always take pains by eating green
cucumbers.
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Life is rea-to a hose man and a d~runkard

Piso's Remedy fer Catarrh is agreeable to
use. 1t is not aliqu d or a snuff. so.
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Rarghicrs, Wives and Mothers.
Send Tor Pamphlet on Female Diseases, frss
securely sealed. Dr. J. b. Marchisi. Utica, NY.
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A screw. propeller screwdfiver.
IL

-yr-rA4M onderful Machine and OGsr.
opel
washo" m II
ole, write re Nat on. -
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Ticks on Sheep.


Mr.. Stephen Powers, in his recently
published work on the American merino,
says: ''The sheep of the careless farmer
is nearly always infested with the tick
(Melophagas ovis) and less frequently
with the louise" When the number of
ticks becomes very large they prevent
growth in lambs or the making of much
flesh on the older animals. The best
mode of eradicating ticks, lice, and itch
among sheep is to dip them oon after
shearing in spring, not emitting the
: lambs at the same time. There are va
rious solutions used as sheep dips, but
tobacco and sulphur are usually pre-
ferred and less dangerous than the arseni-
cal compounds often recommended. To
make a dipping solution, use thirty-fve
pounds of good strong tobacco and ten
pounds of sulphur to every hundred gal
Ions of water. The tobacco must be
! stepped several days to extract its
: strength, and the sulphur stirred in when
the liquid is warmed up for use. The
size and capacity of the watts and tanks
will depend una@ number Of sheep
and lambs to he dipped, Every member
of the iock-old and young-should be
dipped in the solution, the nose and face
excepted, and held in it for a half min
ute. Then set on its feet where the liquid
; will drain off and run back in the tank
to prevent unnecessary waste. The dip
! ping liquid should be kept warm, or at a
temperature of about 2 0degrees, while in
use. Where large focks of several thou
sand head are kept, asin California and
other Western States, swimming baths
are often provided and the sheep driven
through them, one or more at a time.
thereby saving the trouble of catching
and dipping BY hand.-Neso York Sun.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-29
= KILLED HER HUSBAND.
Shocking Murder Perpetrated BY
a Negro Woman.


New ORLEANS, May 2S.-Details of
remarkable case of murder in the parish
of Catahoula, in North Louisiana, have
just been received. On Thursday last
colored man named Fitzpatrick, formerly
of Alexandria, residing upon the small
farm of Ben Lee, colored, and married
to Rosetta, one of his daughters, was
murdered by his wife. On the morning
of the murder the couple had quarrel
and the wife threatened to kill Kill
patrick, following him to TaylOrville and
back home. He was sitting at the table
eating his dinner, When she slipped up
behind him and drew razor across his
throat and then picked up a club and
beat him numerically, death following
i'm few moments. She claimed that il
was caseaof suicide, but the appear
anceS at the scene of the murder
proved to the contrary. The table was
beSpattered with blood, as was the other
furniture in the room, showing that the
unfortunate man made a desperate
struggle for his life. The club had
blood and particles of hair clinging to
it. The murderess intended burying
her victim without saying word but
colOred man coming along saw what was
going on and reported the facts to
the justice of the peace of the ward.
Upon being arrested, Rosetta made a
confession duplicating her brother, Bill
Lee. She says Bill approached Kill
patrick while seated at the dinner table
and dealt him powerful blow upon the
head with a heavy club, while she
used the razor and cut his throat.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-29
ANOTHER CHICAGO ROW.
The Lawyers to Put Up New Judi
cial Candidates.

CHICAGO, May 2S.-Probably the
largest and liveliest meeting ever held
by the members of the Chicago bar was
that in session this afternoon to put up
a judicial ticket in place of the one con-
structed by joint action of the Demo-
cratic and Republican parties. Six new
circuit judges were to be elected, and
by agreement the Democrat and Re-
publican central committees each n0mi-
mated only three candidates, leaving
any action by the people at the
polls purely matter of form.
The thre9 Republican candidates
named were not at all notable
for eminence in their profession, and
the Democratic committee has been
openly charged with pedling out its NOM
nations at the rate of $1,000 apiece.
To-day's meeting of the bar in effect re-
pudiated the entire proceedings of the
political committees. Notwithstanding
hot opposition by one-fourth of the 500
lawyers present a committee of twelve
was appointed to recommend six en-
tirely new candidates. Another meet
ing, to be held Monday, will act on the
committees report. The committee is
composed of twelve of the most distin-
gulShed attorneys in the city.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-29

services will include music by the
Marine band, prayer by DR.. Green, of
Calvary Baptist church, and orations
by congressman MatSon and Anderson,
of Ohio. AT the Soldiers home
the services will be under the direc-
ton of Kit Carson post. Gen. Sheridan
and the Third artillery will be present,
and Gen. Wager Swayne, of New York
city, will deliver the Grafton. At Dock
Creek cemetery, where the remains of
Gen. Logan are entombed, special SER
vices of similar character to those of
Gen. Grant last year will be held. The
Logan guard of honor, forty-five men,
will have charge of the ceremonies, and
will be escorted to the cemetery by the
Citizens corps, of Saratoga. The Logan
lnvincibles, of Baltimore, will also par
ticipate. The organizations to be placed
at Gen. Logan's tomb include the de-
partment of the Potomac, the depart
ment of Illinois, the u. S. Grant post of
Brooklyn and the Chevalier Bayard con-
Sistory of Chicago. The exercises at the
tomb will be as follows: Prayer, Rev.
DIR. Newman; poem, Prof. E. G. Town
send; orator, Thomas II. Mckee. of Kit
Carson post. Tile Orphans Octelle club
will furnish the music. The guard will
carry Gen. Logan's corps flag, which
was rendered by Mrs. Logan for the
occasion.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-29
KROLIK ACQUITTED.
End of a Celebrated Trial at Man.
katO.

Special to the Globe.
MANKATo, Mimi, May 2S.-The iurv
in the Krolik case brought in a verdict
of not guilty at 1O:3O this evening. The
case went to the jury at $50 this after
noon. Mayor Pfau began his argument
for the prosecution this morning and re-
viewed the entire case, taking up nearly
three and one-half hours. His theory
was that the business was not paving
as was expected and that to save him
self from the disgrace of being consid-
cred failure i'll business Mr.. Krolik
committed the crime. His argument
was very able, and the speech is consid-
cred by the mayors friends as the eff
fort of his life. w. w. Erwin, of St.
Paul, began the argument for the de-
fense at 11:35 a. IN. After paying
well-deSeryed tribute to the court
for its courtesy and fairness.
and hoping that his honor.
Judge Severance, might long continue
to adOrn the judicial bench of this state.
he began careful analysis of the whole
evidence.
HE SURPRISED THE PROSECUTION
by pouring the oil from the can found
in krOlik's store into bottle alongside
of the one found in a shoe in one of the
burning boxes, and showing that they
were different kinds of oil. Mr.. Erwin
also read extracts from letters written
to him by the young lady to whom Mr.
Krolik was engaged, showing that he
never had any intention of leaving Man
kato; that it was his intention to be
married and settle here. He paid a
very pretty tribute to the numerous
ladies who were present, taking it as an
indication of their sympathy for Mr..
Krolik. About 4:35 Mr.. Erwin closed
the case for the defense and Judge
Severance began his charge to
the jury. The charge was quite
lengthy, and was undoubtedly an able
one, as it was an impartial statement of
the case. The case at 5:35 went to the
jury. A large number of ladies were
present in the morning, and the number
was largely increased in the afternoon.
Mr.. Erwin's neat compliment to the sex
in the morning inducing each lady pres
ent to bring half dozen friends in the
afternoon. Mr.. Krolik expressed his
thanks to the GLOBE for the way it has
treated him from the beginning. He
says it is the only st. Paul paper that
did not miSrepreSent the case from its
commandments